There was a troop of visitors at my aural teacher's house. Her parents were entertaining them while she conducted her lessons. My violin teacher arrived shortly after us. It's been a long tradition between Jean and I that the oldest has to start first. Start meaning have lesson first. It's not particularly nice to begin first. I started off with Legende. My aural teacher played the piano. It was good. Ms Kwok polished our coordination a bit but it was mostly alright. Then, Czardas. My spiccato was pretty smooth. There was improvement from last week. Jean gets slightly nervous whenever she plays in front of people. So sometimes she messes up some parts and then frowns after every mistake. I find that amusing.
Last week, My czardas was unusually horrible. Jean thinks it's because I over-practiced. As for her case, I think she under-practiced. I really don't know which is worse.
After the reheasal, Ms Kwok wished us all the best. She said if we play at his standard, we will be fine. No need to worry. Then the rest, good luck... I don't know if I should worry.
I overheard her asking my aural teacher how her other student did. Oh, she also accompanied a student. And the depressing thing is, that student is a 12 year old girl. She took grade 8 too a few days ago. I feel so old. My aural teacher said she did well in the beginning but when she played czardas, her spiccato messed up a bit and she stopped. But she's very good. Gah. I'm ageing.
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